Schools, Bloodlines, and Domains


Classes: Sorcerer and Wizard


Ok, I don't want to come off as a "balance-troll," but why is it that domains are SO much more powerful than the schools and bloodlines? I agree with the idea that the bloodlines should be a little better than the schools, sorcerers need the assist, but the domains feel better than either one (esp at low level) and the cleric gets to pick TWO of them. Of all the classes, I don't really think the cleric is the one who needed buffed.

Regardless, can we at least bring the school and bloodline powers more in line with domains?


dthunder wrote:

Ok, I don't want to come off as a "balance-troll," but why is it that domains are SO much more powerful than the schools and bloodlines? I agree with the idea that the bloodlines should be a little better than the schools, sorcerers need the assist, but the domains feel better than either one (esp at low level) and the cleric gets to pick TWO of them. Of all the classes, I don't really think the cleric is the one who needed buffed.

Regardless, can we at least bring the school and bloodline powers more in line with domains?

i dont see what your saying? our party cleric changed gods like four times during character creation trying to find domains that were useful. the cleric has to be a certain alignment and worship a certain god inorder to get access to certain domains.

Arcane casters dont have these limitations.

I do feel that schools could use one more iteration of a level where they recieve something.

Blood lines seem to be fine.

I kinda cant wait to play a teifling sorceror with the abyssal blood line.

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Pendagast wrote:

i dont see what your saying? our party cleric changed gods like four times during character creation trying to find domains that were useful. the cleric has to be a certain alignment and worship a certain god inorder to get access to certain domains.

Arcane casters dont have these limitations.

Of course, that does point out a different problem. The Cleric Domains are not well balanced against eachother. :(


That is fair, there are some lame domains. However, there are domains that at first level meet or exceed the wizard's schools, and the cleric gets two of them! Now, the lack of balance within the classes is a different problem all together, I'm just assuming no one will play the fey bloodline, glory domain, or enchantment school. (Roleplaying or flavor reasons notwithstanding. I'm just talking power here.)

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